IBM demo Bluetooth with Linux

The Bluetooth Developers Conference is well underway in San Jose, California and IBM has been showing off a watch-like Bluetooth device. The company has already showed off the watch-sized device that runs the Linux operating system earlier in the year and now IBM has unveiled an add-on module that brings Bluetooth connectivity to the unit. In a demo, the watch was seen to communicate with a laptop with a PC card Bluetooth module, with characters typed on the laptop appearing on the screen of the watch. ...more

Apple stock recovers in results week

In the week that Apple will announce its latest set of quarterly results, the company's stock price rose to its pre-11 September level, closing at $18.01 per share on Friday. Despite the current downturn in the computer market and fears that the events of 11 September may precipitate an economic recession, shares in the leading PC manufacturers have returned to or exceeded the level they were at before the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. ...more

Jobs talks innovation

Apple CEO Steve Jobs continued to beat the drum for innovation in his latest interview, with Business Week. Challenging - albeit implicitly - those who insist that the company's future remains uncertain, Jobs pointed out that during the current downturn in technology markets, Apple and dominant PC maker Dell are the only two computer companies making a profit. 'A lot of companies have chosen to downsize,' he said. ...more

Microsoft announces OneCare security suite for consumers

Microsoft has finally taken the plunge and announced its plans for its own security software. Currently in internal beta testing in the US, the software will be a paid-for subscription service under the moniker Windows OneCare. OneCare will target Microsoft's massive consumer install-base, offering anti-virus, anti-spyware and two-way firewall components, as well as performance optimisation utilities and back up and restore tools. ...more

Virtual island sold for a real profit

People may have thought 'Deathifier' was mad when he spent thousands of real dollars on a virtual island in the online role-playing game Project Entropia, but it is the 22-year-old gamer, and digital property tycoon, that is having the last laugh. The gamer claims to have already made his money back on the investment. 'The money made to date is only a taste of what can be achieved with my virtual island purchase,' Deathifier told the BBC. ...more